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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSO-003: Sociology of Development
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MSO
Course Code: MSO-003
Assignment Code: MSO-003/AST/TMA/2023-24
Maximum Marks: 100
Weightage: 30%
Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each of the sections. Your answers
should be in about 500 words each.
Marks
Section -I
1. What is Development? Discuss the social and human dimensions of
development.
20
2. What is Green Peace Movement? Discuss its relevance in contemporary
world.
20
3. Explain in detail the concept of ethno-development and its relevance in
India’s developmental strategy.
20
4. Discuss the impacts of large dams on the economic, social and ecological
aspects of the society?
20
5. What is knowledge/Information Society? Analyze the role of the role of
knowledge and ICTs in empowering communities.
20
Section-II
6. Discuss in detail the emergence and growth of people science movement. 20
7. Explain in detail the role of State on population control. 20
8. What do you understand by ‘human development’? How does it differ from
economic development.
20
9. Describe dependency theory and delineate its salient features. 20
10. Discuss the role of civil society for the empowerment of the marginalized
sections of the society
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